Reuben
Dennis
Born in Texas, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Colby Franklin Dennis
and Mary Nancy (Coles) Dennis
Brother of
Thomas Dennis, Sarah Dennis, Annie Lydia (Dennis) Herring, Betty Dennis, Earnest V Dennis, Liberty Russel Dennis, Katherine (Dennis) Jordan, Frederick Dennis, William L Dennis, Arthur Dennis and Rolley Dennis
Husband of
Lucenda Gentry
— married
5 Dec 1885 in Lamar County, Texas, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Wallace Dennis, Eva Mae (Dennis) Benson, Luther Edward Dennis and William Franklin Dennis
Died
at age 74
in Paris, Lamar, Texas, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Jun 2015
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Biography
Census Reports
- 1870 Lamar Co., TX Census Report: [1]
- Paris Post Office, taken 25 Sep 1870
- C F Dennis, 27 yo (b. abt 1843), Farmer, TX
- Mary Dennis, 20 yo (b. abt 1850), KH, TX
- Reuben Dennis, 3 yo (b. abt 1867), TX
- Thos Dennis, 10 mo (b. abt Dec 1869), TX
- Ruesy? Dennis, male, 10 yo (b. abt 1860), TX
- Charles Herrill, 15 yo (b. abt 1855), TX
- Edmund Gibson, black male, 12 yo (b. abt 1858), TX
- 1880 Lamar Co., TX Census Report: [2]
- Precinct 5
- Cole Dennis, head, 38 yo (b. abt 1842), Farmer TX MO MO
- Mary Dennis, wife, 31 yo (b. abt 1849), Housekeeper, TX TN TX
- Rubin Dennis, son, 13 yo (b. abt 1867), TX TX TX, farm hand
- Sarah Dennis, dau, 10 yo (b. abt 1870), TX TX TX
- Ana Dennis, dau, 8 yo (b. abt 1872), TX TX TX
- Betty Dennis, dau, 6 yo (b. abt 1874), TX TX TX
- Arnest Dennis, son, 5 yo (b. abt 1875), TX TX TX
- Liberty Dennis, son, 4 yo (b. abt 1876), TX TX TX
- Cathy Dennis, dau, 3 yo (b. abt 1877), TX TX TX
- Fredrick Dennis, son, 1 yo (b. abt 1879), TX TX TX
The following information came from Rube Dennis' death certificate: [3]
- Name: Rube Dennis
- Born: 25 Apr 1867 in TX
- Died: 24 Sep 1941 in Lamar County Hospital, Paris, Lamar Co., Texas
- Notes: No Social Security Number; Widowed; Farmer
- Father: Cote Dennis, born unknown
- Mother: name and place of birth unknown
- Informant: L. E. Dennis of Garretts Bluff, Texas
- Cause of Death: Bronchial Pneumonia
- Burial: Buried 25 Sep 1941 in Garretts Bluff, Paris, TX
The 1900 census says Reuben and Lucinda were married about 14 years which means they were married about 1886.
Sources
- ↑ 1870 US Federal Census, Lamar County, Texas, Page 370B, C F Dennis, head; digital image, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 October 2018); FHL Film 553093.
- ↑ 1880 US Federal Census, Lamar County, Texas, Precinct 5, Page 173C, Cole Dennis, head; digital image, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 October 2018); NARA Film T9, Roll 1314.
- ↑ Rube Dennis, death certificate no. 71514, 24 Sep 1941, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 19 Jun 2015).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reuben by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Reuben:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reuben by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Reuben:
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~6.25%
Andy Benson
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member BensonAndrewK
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Ginger Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T450568 [compare], Ancestry member GingerSmith327
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T450568 [compare], FTDNA kit #204608
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch T450568 [compare]
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~0.78%
Nathan Hall :
23andMe, GEDmatch MJ8815763 [compare]
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